§6B-2-6. Financial disclosure statement; filing requirements.
(a) The financial disclosure statement shall be filed on the
first day of February of each calendar year to cover the period of
the preceding calendar year, except insofar as may be otherwise
provided herein. The following persons must file the financial
disclosure statement required by this section with the Ethics
Commission:

(1) All elected officials in this state, including, but not
limited to, all persons elected statewide, all county elected
officials, municipal elected officials in municipalities which
have, by ordinance, opted to be covered by the disclosure
provisions of this section, all members of the several county or
district boards of education and all county or district school
board superintendents;

(2) All members of state boards, commissions and agencies
appointed by the governor; and

A person who is required to file a financial disclosure
statement under this section by virtue of becoming an elected or
appointed public official whose office is described in subdivision
(1), (2) or (3) of this subsection, and who assumes the office less
than ten days before a filing date established herein or who assumes the office after the filing date, shall file a financial
disclosure statement for the previous twelve months no later than
thirty days after the date on which the person assumes the duties
of the office, unless the person has filed a financial disclosure
statement with the commission during the twelve-month period before
he or she assumed office.

(b) A candidate for public office shall file a financial
disclosure statement for the previous calendar year with the state
Ethics Commission no later than ten days after he or she files a
certificate of candidacy, but in all circumstances, not later than
ten days prior to the election, unless he or she has filed a
financial disclosure statement with the state Ethics Commission
during the previous calendar year.

The Ethics Commission shall file a duplicate copy of the
financial disclosure statement required in this section in the
following offices within ten days of the receipt of the candidate's
statement of disclosure:

(1) Municipal candidates in municipalities which have opted,
by ordinance, to be covered by the disclosure provisions of this
section, in the office of the clerk of the municipality in which
the candidate is seeking office;

(2) Legislative candidates in single county districts and
candidates for a county office or county school board in the office
of the clerk of the county commission of the county in which the
candidate is seeking office;

(3) Legislative candidates from multi-county districts and
congressional candidates in the office of the clerk of the county
commission of the county of the candidate' residence.

After a ninety-day period following any election, the clerks
who receive the financial disclosure statements of candidates may
destroy or dispose of those statements filed by candidates who were
unsuccessful in the election.

(c) No candidate for public office may maintain his or her
place on a ballot and no public official may take the oath of
office or enter or continue upon his or her duties or receive
compensation from public funds unless he or she has filed a
financial disclosure statement with the state Ethics Commission as
required by the provisions of this section.

(d) The Ethics Commission may, upon request of any person
required to file a financial disclosure statement, and for good
cause shown, extend the deadline for filing such statement for a
reasonable period of time: Provided, That no extension of time
shall be granted to a candidate who has not filed a financial
disclosure statement for the preceding filing period.

(e) No person shall fail to file a statement required by this
section.

(f) No person shall knowingly file a materially false
statement that is required to be filed under this section.

(g) The Ethics Commission shall publish either on the internet
or by printed document made available to the public, a list of all persons who have violated any ethics commission's financial
disclosure statement filing deadline.

(h) The Ethics Commission shall, in addition to making all
financial disclosure statementsavailable for inspection upon
request:

(1) Publish on the internet all financial disclosure
statements filed by members of the legislature and candidates for
legislative office, elected members of the executive department and
candidates for the offices that constitute the executive
department, and members of the Supreme Court of Appeals and
candidates for the Supreme Court of Appeals, commencing with those
reports filed on or after January 1, 2012; and

(2)Publish on the internet all financial disclosure
statements filed by any other person required to file such
financial disclosure statements, as the commission determines
resources are available to permit the Ethics Commission to make
such publication on the internet. The commission shall redact
financial disclosure statements published on the internet to
exclude from publication personal information such as signatures,
home addresses and mobile and home telephone numbers.